Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.19.29
इत्यामन्त्र्य क्रतुपतिं विदुरास्यर्त्विजो रुषा ।
स्रुग्घस्ताञ्जुह्वतोऽभ्येत्य स्वयम्भू: प्रत्यषेधत ॥ २९ ॥
ity āmantrya kratu-patiṁ
[ity aamantrya kratu-patim]
vidurāsyartvijo ruṣā
[viduraasyartvijo rushaa]
srug-ghastāṣ juhvato ’bhyetya
[srug-ghastaash juhvato ’bhyetya]
svayambhūḥ pratyaṣedhata
[svayambhooh pratyashedhata]
Word-for-word
iti
—
thus
āmantrya
—
after informing
kratu-patim
—
King Pṛthu, the master of the sacrifice
vidura
—
O Vidura
asya
—
of Pṛthu
ṛtvijaḥ
—
the priests
ruṣā
—
in great anger
sruk-hastān
—
with the sacrificial ladle in hand
juhvataḥ
—
performing the fire sacrifice
abhyetya
—
having begun
svayambhūḥ
—
Lord Brahmā
pratyaṣedhata
—
asked them to stop.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
ity āmantrya kratu-patiṁ
iti
thus
āmantrya
after informing
kratu-patim
King Pṛthu, the master of the sacrifice
vidurāsyartvijo ruṣā
vidura
O Vidura
asya
of Pṛthu
ṛtvijaḥ
the priests
ruṣā
in great anger
srug-ghastāṣ juhvato ’bhyetya
sruk-hastān
with the sacrificial ladle in hand
juhvataḥ
performing the fire sacrifice
abhyetya
having begun
svayambhūḥ pratyaṣedhata
svayambhūḥ
Lord Brahmā
pratyaṣedhata
asked them to stop.
My dear Vidura, after giving the King this advice, the priests who had been engaged in performing the sacrifice called for Indra, the King of heaven, in a mood of great anger. When they were just ready to put the oblation in the fire, Lord Brahmā appeared on the scene and forbade them to start the sacrifice.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
After informing the king of sacrifice, Brahmā approached the priests of Pṛthu, who, ladle in hand, were offering oblations in anger. He stopped them.
Asya means “of Pṛthu.”
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Personal Guidance
Just as the priests are about to perform the dangerous oblation, Brahmā appears and forbids it. Sometimes the highest authority arrives precisely to prevent your justified-but-excessive response.
Reflection Questions
- Whose voice — from the highest authority — should I be open to receiving as a 'stop'?
- Where am I about to act righteously in a way that the lineage would actually forbid?
My note
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